Is it time?

I ended last NFL season hoping Peyton Manning would retire. He was not playing at the level he once did and it was painful to see this player who was once so great playing in decline.  He did not retire and came back to play this year.  His numbers this season were not real good.  There were times when his play was terrible but he was a member of a team that kept winning games.  They won many times on the back of their great defense and did just enough offensively to keep those wins coming.  Partway through the season Manning went out with an injury and I wondered if his playing days were now over.  They were not.  He came back in week 17 and lead the team to victory.  Throughout the playoffs he lead them to victory and then came today and Superbowl 50.  I was rooting for the Broncos to win and to see Peyton go out victorious.  Well, they won and it was sweat.  Peyton didn't have the greatest game.  His stats are not amazing.  He was not the MVP and he did not deserve to be the MVP.  Maybe it was the mental toughness that carried him this year.  He is one of the best prepared quarterbacks to play the game.  As his physical ability has declined he has remained focused and strong mentally.  And so he has been to the Superbowl 4 times and he has won it twice.  It isn't exactly how I thought he should leave the game, again my thoughts were that he should have retired last year.  I am thrilled however that he can put this final exclamation point on his career.  I say final but I may be completely wrong, he may come back for more  All I do know is that he is one of the greatest to play the game and it was a pleasure to watch him play.